Car-coupling



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GAR GOUPLING.

No. 315,594. y Patented Apr. 14, 18785.

INVENTOR. zQMMATIQRNEY.

' UNIT-ED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

V CHARLES W. BOND, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,594, dated April 14, 1885.

Application filed J al iuary 17, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. Bonn, a citizen of the United States, residing at T0- ledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio,

5 have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rai1road-0ar Couplings; and I do declare that the following is a'full, clear, and exact description of the' invention, which will-enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention consists of a pivoted hook provided with atrip, in combination with a coupling-pin on the opposite car.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a top view showing two cars with my coupling thereon. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing my coupling in place on the cars. Fig. 3 is a detached view of a double hook.

My car-coupling is designed to be automatic, and thus avoid the necessity of having a man go between the cars and-put his hand upon the coupling, thus exposing not only his hand to liability to be crushed, but also exposing his person to accidents which are very 25 common in coupling cars.

,pinS in common use, I employ a hook, A, pivoted at D to one of the cars, so as to swing horizontally, and on the other car I use a long coupling-pin, O, to suit the height of different cars. The hook is made with a triparm, 13, so that the pin 0 on the opposite can enters the hook between the long point there ofand the trip-arm B, which is struck after the pin has passed the point of the hook, and thus insures the coupling of the cars by turning the point of the hook past the couplingpin.

If found desirable, I may employ a double hook, as shown in Fig. 3.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

In arail-oar coupling, the pivoted hook A, provided with a trip, B, in combinationwith a coupling-pin, 0, upon the opposite car, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

CHAS. W. BOND.

Witnesses:

' DANIEL BREED, W. A. FAUNOE. 

